At Highlight Festival 2026 (11-14 February), Delft doesn’t just host art and technology, it becomes a living research lab. Alongside installations and performances, you are invited to both take part in real, ongoing research and get a rare glimpse into experiments normally confined to the labs of TU Delft.

Instead of candlelight dinners, take your partner, friend, neighbour or housemate on a shared journey through interactive installations, performances and experiments where technology meets intimacy, curiosity and imagination.

During Highlight Festival 2026, you’ll meet visionary artists and makers who push the boundaries of art and technology. This year’s festival theme is Robo-futures, exploring the relationship between humans and machines.

Get to know some of the makers!

How will we live together with robots? At the Highlight Symposium: Robotic Relations on Thursday 12 February 2026, you’ll explore this question alongside researchers, artists and makers.

Are you already hunting for Christmas gifts? This year, why not give an experience that sparks real awe? Highlight Festival 2026 is the perfect present for curious kids, tech-loving students, art lovers, (grand)parents, and anyone who could use some wonder in the cold, quiet month of February.

What happens when technology begins to shape the way we see reality itself? Croatian artist and researcher Hrvoje Hiršl explores this question through sound, movement, and light, creating works that make invisible systems suddenly tangible.

Nine years ago, Highlight Delft introduced the very first Highlight Festival, an international art & technology festival combining experimental visions of our creative and technological future. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights…

The future is now. Robo-dogs, firefighting robots and even tiny soft-bots that crawl inside the body to save lives are transforming how we live, heal, create and die. As we shape our future, the struggle for power is real. As robots intertwine with us and we slowly become dependent on their robotic arms, one must question: Are we living in an age of endless possibility, innovation and creativity, or will the future be ruled by steel and data instead of flesh and blood?